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TITLE:
Mandriva update for gv

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23018

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23018/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Mandriva Linux 2007
http://secunia.com/product/12165/
Mandriva Linux 2006
http://secunia.com/product/9020/

DESCRIPTION:
Mandriva has issued an update for gv. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.

For more information:
SA22787

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

Mandriva Linux 2006

ce4424472e46670b330f6002505f872d 
2006.0/i586/gv-3.6.1-4.2.20060mdk.i586.rpm 
86e5b4a6b2a85ac41ec8e5afa1a8316c 
2006.0/SRPMS/gv-3.6.1-4.2.20060mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006/X86_64

45235ffad1a29f06b97c4398522d4109 
2006.0/x86_64/gv-3.6.1-4.2.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm 
86e5b4a6b2a85ac41ec8e5afa1a8316c 
2006.0/SRPMS/gv-3.6.1-4.2.20060mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007

6e1283be29d02cc561a4f70d691aa2ab 
2007.0/i586/gv-3.6.1-7.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 
8adc972aaae161da8792bc53188144f2 
2007.0/SRPMS/gv-3.6.1-7.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64

14dc71ab4e90e9ff5a710a26d9fbbc74 
2007.0/x86_64/gv-3.6.1-7.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm 
8adc972aaae161da8792bc53188144f2 
2007.0/SRPMS/gv-3.6.1-7.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:214

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA22787:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22787/

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